Wood Magazine

Issue 3, 2016

Photo: Olivier Blouin
Photo: Olivier Blouin
Photo: Olivier Blouin

Massive opportunities

Stories

Stade de Soccer in Montreal, Canada by Saucier + Perrotte

Sustainable and fast for students

Stories

Sustainable and fast for students

Moholt 50/50 & Sørhauggata in Trondheim/Stavanger, Norway by MDH/Helen & Hard

Billowing shapes in sinuous interplay

Stories

Billowing shapes in sinuous interplay

La Cité du Vin in Bordeaux, France by XTU Architects

Architecture and nature at one

Stories

Architecture and nature at one

The Forests of Venice in Venice, Italy by Kjellander + Sjöberg etc

The sheet material that opens up new and flexible opportunities

Knowledge

The sheet material that opens up new and flexible opportunities

The magazine

Editorial

Knowledge lays the foundation for sustainable development

Mikael Eliasson Director, Swedish Wood

Trä meets

»In order to design wooden buildings, you have to be interested in trees.«

Reinhard Kropf Helen & Hard

Chronicles

Wood is spreading

Carmen Izquierdo Architect and member of the jury for the Swedish Timber Prize 2016.

Photo: Dav Stewart

In brief
The strength of a smile

The Smile in London, UK by Alison Brooks
Photo: Nigel Young

In brief
Light, strong structure gives support

Maggie's Centre in Manchester, UK by Foster + Partners
Photo: Juergen Pollak

In brief
Local feel at new mountain station

Chäserrugg in Unterwasser, Switzerland by Herzog & de Meuron
Photo: Fujitsuka Mitsumasa

In brief
Narrow arcades connect building volumes

Iiyama Plaza in Iiyama, Japan by Kengo Kuma
Photo: Roland Halbe

In brief
Wood replaces glue in arched plywood

Research pavilion in Stuttgart, Germany by ICD/ITKE
Photo: Ian McDonald architects

In brief
One with nature

Go Home Bay Cottage in Lake Huron, Canada by Ian McDonald
Photo: Morph (rendering)

In brief
Green canopies

Canopia in Bordeaux, France by Sou Fujimoto
Photo: White arkitekter

In brief
Wood reflects character of Skellefteå

Cultural Centre in Skelleftea, Sweden by White
Photo: PLP Architecture

In brief
New heights for crosslam

Timber Tower in London, UK by PLP Architecture